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Topic: Retail

Related:
  Retail Sales    Retail Store  
  Retail Services    Retail Products  
  Retail Industry    Retail Space  
  Retail Trade    Retail Design  
  Retail Management    Retail Facilities  
  Supplies Retail    Retail Properties  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Credit card
Favorite website(s):E*TRADE
Favorite activity(s):Shopping
Favorite food(s):McDonalds
Currently has on their coffee table:Better Homes & Gardens
Interest(s):Real estate,  Computers,  Economics
Likes to wear:Business suits,  Nike,  Banana Republic
Dream job(s):Interior decorator,  Banker,  CEO
Worst habit(s):Wasting money
Membership(s):Local Chamber of Commerce
Favorite quote(s):"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

It was thought that two retail centers and a light manufacturing area could be placed on major thoroughfares and resulting licenses and sales taxes would help the city treasury.
Retail sales tax is 7 percent and the city receives an 8 percent utility tax on gas, electric and water and 7 percent on telephone.
Our retail division urgently require all grades of retail sales experienced operatives to fill a large number of job vacancies on our database.
John Fielding,
CEO

Commonwealth Energy Corporation is one of the largest renewable energy retailers to residential customers in California, and retails one of the largest renewable loads in the United States.
Leading big box retail chain seeks talented General Managers to go through a 12 week training program and then manage a $30-$60 million wholesale club.
They are receiving a decreasing proportion of the retail price of their produce and are under pressure from large food processors and retailers who are the ones to really set the agenda for the future of farms.
Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer

Many banks that offer retail or wholesale loans will allow the broker to charge up to 1% of the loan amount for their compensation.
Retail and wholesale sellers are welcome to place ads for a minimal donation of $99/year for unlimited 21-day ads.
Incumbents are required to offer retail services at wholesale to competitors, who can resell them under their own brand name.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

PC Builder Plus supplies retail computer components at wholesale prices.
The retail prices shown are what it would cost us to replace these items at retail stores and non-discount shops.
Often they forbid retail agents who buy tickets from them from giving out their direct contact information, since their thin wholesale margins include no allowance for retail customer service.
 
 
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